Developers looking down 'hotel route' for historic 1914 Nueces County courthouse

It takes just a spark — or a text message, rather — to set in motion a historic event.

After learning of her father's new job as a project manager for an Ohio-based restoration company, Colleen Simpson snapped a picture of the historic 1914 Nueces County Courthouse during her commute to work.

"Ever since I moved here, I always thought it was so sad that it was blocked off and falling apart," said Simpson, a Flour Bluff resident. "I think I sent him a text message followed up with some emails and started researching the courthouse. The more I learned about it, the more special it seemed."

More than a year later, her father, Jim McCue, and his employer Steve Coon with Coon Restoration and Sealants, and Stephen Goodman, a Fort Worth-based financier, have signed a sales agreement with Nueces County for the courthouse at 1100 N. Mesquite St. for $1,000. The developers will have to pay about $1.5 million in back taxes owed by previous private owners by the end of a 90-day due diligence period.

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